Man arrested in NJ after Denise Gely killed in Troy

Former boyfriend is being held in woman's killing

1of13Denise Gely, left and her daughter, Yairaliz Campos, right, in an undated photograph. A suspect in Gely's killing, David Campos, was taken into custody in New Jersey just hours after she was stabbed to death. Police confirm Gely and David Campos had been involved in a long-term relationship but it was unclear if they were married. (Bob Gardinier / Times Union) ORG XMIT: 8eki3JuJmiRisr5x3FRx2of13Troy police want to question David Campos, 45, about the Monday morning stabbing death of a woman on Sixth Avenue. (Troy Police Department)3of13Troy Police and the Rensselaer County D.A. Joel Abelove investigate a murder at 3326 6th Avenue Nov. 23, 2015 in Troy, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN4of13Troy Police and the Rensselaer County D.A. Joel Abelove investigate a murder at 3326 6th Avenue Nov. 23, 2015 in Troy, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN5of13Troy Police and the Rensselaer County D.A. Joel Abelove investigate a murder at 3326 6th Avenue Nov. 23, 2015 in Troy, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN6of13Troy police comb the scene of an early morning stabbing that left a woman in Troy dead and police searching for a 45-year-old man. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)7of13A State Police helicopter hovers over Troy as police search for the man they suspected stabbed a woman to death on Sixth Avenue early Monday morning. Police said the search was focused on Oakwood Cemetery. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)8of13Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, right, visits the scene of an early morning stabbing that left a woman in Troy dead and police searching for a 45-year-old man. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)9of13Troy police comb the scene of an early morning stabbing that left a woman in Troy dead and police searching for a 45-year-old man. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)10of13A State Police helicopter hovers over Troy as police search for the man they suspected stabbed a woman to death on Sixth Avenue early Monday morning. Police said the search was focused on Oakwood Cemetery. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)11of13David Campos, the 45-year-old former boyfriend of Denise Gely, was wanted for questioning in her slaying early Monday, Nov. 24, 2015, when he was apprehended in Secaucus, N.J., after a police chase on the Pallisades Parkway, police said. (Photo from NorthJersey.com)12of13Troy police comb the scene of an early morning stabbing that left a woman in Troy dead and police searching for a 45-year-old man. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)13of13David Campos (photo from NorthJersey.com)

Troy

A woman was stabbed to death early Monday, the same day the man arrested in connection with her killing was to appear in Rensselaer County Family Court, police said.

David Campos, the 45-year-old former boyfriend of Denise Gely, was wanted for questioning in her slaying when he was apprehended in Secaucus, N.J., after a police chase on the Palisades Parkway, police said.

A neighbor in Troy said he awoke about 5:45 a.m. to hear Gely screaming as she was attacked in her 3326 Sixth Ave. home. She was pronounced dead a short time later.

Officials confirmed Campos was supposed to be in Rensselaer County Family Court later Monday for a case connected to Gely. The exact nature of the case was not immediately available.

Campos and Gely have three children, one of whom called police to report the attack, police Capt. Dan DeWolf said. Two were home at the time of their mother's stabbing, but it was not immediately clear if they witnessed the attack.

A neighbor said he was awakened by Gely's cries and ran out to see a man holding a cellphone and running up and down the street yelling, "Why ain't they here yet?" and "What's taking them so long?" referring to EMS response.

Initially, police searched in Troy for Campos, who they said was armed and dangerous and driving a black 2015 Chrysler 200 sedan.

Police searched the area around Oakwood Cemetery, and a State Police helicopter could be seen hovering over the city.

According to NorthJersey.com, officers on the New York side of the Palisades Interstate Parkway spotted Gely's car around 9:40 a.m. and chased it into New Jersey.

Police in New Jersey, including Palisades Interstate Parkway officers and State Police, joined the chase and eventually caught Campos when his car was stopped in traffic at tollbooths. The high-speed chase included Campos driving south in northbound driving lanes and through a gas station, passing employees and other drivers, police told NorthJersey.com.

Campos was taken into police custody. Charges and extradition are pending, police told NorthJersey.com.